OBITUARIES

Oct 27, 2020

Irene Elizabeth Beers, a 58 year resident of Bowie, died in her sleep on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at Larkin Chase Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center. She was 95 years old. While the last four years of her life were at Larkin Chase, Irene was one of the first home owners in Bowie and purchased her first home located on...

Oct 26, 2020

Please click here to view the Live Stream of the Funeral Service - The Livestreaming of the Service will begin at 10:00am on Friday, October 30th, 2020

Cynthia Kay Frazier fell asleep in death on Monday, October 26, 2020, surrounded by her loving husband and three children. She was born on January 2, 1966, in Washington, DC to David and...

Oct 26, 2020

Betty Lou Stratton (Sutton) of Denton, MD, passed away at the age of 76 on Monday, October 26, 2020.  She is survived by her son William and his wife Joanne; her son John and his wife Justine; grandchildren Thomas James (TJ), Nicole (Nikki), Bethany, Bradley, Kelsey; and great-granddaughter Brooklynn.

 

Her biggest passions late in life were the Lord and...

Oct 25, 2020

Ret. Cmdr. Freddie D. Mitchell, Jr. of College Park, MD, passed away on October 25, 2020. His lovely wife, Levesta Phillips Mitchell, of 66 years and College Park, MD, joined him in heaven on November 7, 2020. They met while attending Morgan State University. Their long-enduring love afforded them to enjoy a wonderful and long career for Freddie in the...

Oct 25, 2020

Kenneth “K.C.” Carlisle Humphries of Bowie, MD, passed away on October 25, 2020, after a short battle with cancer.  He is preceded in death by his parents Kenneth and Phyllis Perico Humphries and his older brothers Jay and Jerry.  He is survived by his precious daughter Nicole.  In addition to his daughter Nicole, K.C. is survived by his brother and...

Oct 24, 2020

George was born on February 25th in 1948 to Constantine and Alexandra Maistros.  He was their youngest of three boys; Older brothers Harry and Christopher were overjoyed for the new baby brother.  Shortly after he was born the family relocated to their home to a new house on  Bel Air Road and Finally to Highlandtown, where George would spend his...

Oct 24, 2020

Thomas Swartz passed away unexpectedly during a routine Saturday morning bicycle ride with his local riding club. He died on Oct. 24 doing what he loved and was surrounded by friends. 

Tom was a respected leader in the transportation logistics industry, having worked more than 37 years at Overnite Transportation, now owned by UPS Freight. He was known as a...

Oct 23, 2020

Evangeline (Ann) Davis Sophocleus of Ellicott City, MD passed away on October 23, 2020 at the age of 83 after a long battle with cancer. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Sophoclis (Soph), of 62 years. She is survived by her daughter Diana and her husband Christos Motsiopoulos; her son John and his wife Theresa; grandchildren Alexander,...

Oct 23, 2020

Oct 23, 2020

All services will be private.

Oct 22, 2020

Gladys Elizabeth "Betty" Rottmann Schutte,

Betty was born February 5,1921 in Quincy, Illinois, the daughter of Herman G. and Edna Meyer Hehmeyer.  She married Roger L. Rottmann on April 27, 1941 in Hannibal, Missouri.  He preceded her death on May 27, 1982.  She married Harold Schutte on April 15, 1984.  He preceded her in death on May 6, 2017.

Betty...

Oct 21, 2020

Stephen Harvey Neff died suddenly at his home in Bowie on October 21, 2020, four days before his 57th birthday. Steve was the son of the Rev. H. Richard Neff and Gertrude Simmons Neff, and the father of Anthony Richard Neff.  The family is deeply saddened by this unexpected loss.

Steve was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and grew up in...

Oct 21, 2020

BOWIE, Md. – Caroline Mae (née Lucci) Knestout, 93, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, surrounded by her family.

She was born in Austin, Pa., July 5, 1927, the daughter of the late Mary and John (Carlo) Lucci. The family later moved to Paulsboro, N.J., where, as a young child, Mrs. Knestout would often cut out a nurse’s...

Oct 20, 2020

HERMINIA PADRE MAQUI

        (1930 – 2020)

 

Herminia Padre Maqui, age 89 and a resident of Bowie, MD, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loved ones on Tuesday, October 20th, 2020 at Ann Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, MD.  Her much deserved rest comes after battling Parkinson’s Disease for quite some time. 

Herminia was born on December 24th, 1930...

Oct 20, 2020

On Tuesday, October 20, 2020 Kenneth Carl Dotson, loving father of three children passed away peacefully in his sleep in the comfort of his home at the age of 70.   Ken was born on December 27, 1949 in DC to Malcolm E. Dotson and Mildred R. (Hillman) Dotson. He graduated Northwestern High School class of 1967 then left for...

Oct 20, 2020

Oct 19, 2020

James Edwin “Ted” Catterton 

March 7, 1936 -October 19, 2020

Ted Catterton’s 84 years on this Earth were best characterized by dedication to family, service to others and duty to country. He was born in Washington D.C. near the end of the Great Depression and was raised in the multigenerational home of his grandparents in Arlington, Virginia. At the age of 14,...

Oct 18, 2020

The Funeral Service for Staff Sergeant Aubrey N. Mitsch will begin on Friday, October 23rd, at 6:00pm.

 

Aubrey Nicole Mitsch, age 30, of Merrimack, NH passed away on Sunday, October 18, 2020 after succumbing to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.

Aubrey was born on August 13, 1990 in Loring Air Force Base, Maine to George and Sherrianne Mitsch...

Oct 16, 2020

Oct 15, 2020

Elizabeth Ann Novotny, 55, passed away after a long battle with cancer on October 15th, 2020 in Columbia, MD. Elizabeth, known to friends and family as Beth, was born as one of five children on May 12th, 1965 in Baltimore, MD to Joseph and Patricia Novotny. After growing up in Crofton, MD she attended Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina...